Long story short... My VMax engine started having a bad knock after runing dry, I layed the bike on its side (had an accident) and with throttle stuck WFO and no oil circulation... Bike also suffered some cosmetic damage, those are fixed, the engine got the worst from the accident.. well if I dont take into concideration my broken wrist and two fingers...
Any way...
Thought Id post pics and things about doing the swap.. and I will probably also have some questions myself on things that will have me go :bang head:
I did not take pics about pulling out the engine from the frame and stuff you need to do before getting to the "pull the engine"part...
This thread starts at the point when you unbolt the heads, its easy.. Just follow the Haynes manual, or do it like me, forget the Haynes book at home and just start to unbolt stuff, its not that complicated. The complicated part is bolting everything back together...
One thing has to be said. Unbolting the headbolt nuts is a Motherfu...rrrrr.. Get a good quality 8mm Allen head socket, prefferable a socket ment for power/air tool, this kind of socket wont crack.. and you wont end up messing up the Allen nuts.. Also use a long socketwrench or a long braker bar, to get enought leverage to "shock" the nut open... so, the nuts are tight, take care with this job and use the correct and good tools, this way you wont end up cursing....
..I also dont understand why they didnt use Torx or Splined nuts :ummm:
This is about as far as I got with this project... Ill continue to update this thread as things progress...
Thanks for the interest
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/Tom
Any way...
Thought Id post pics and things about doing the swap.. and I will probably also have some questions myself on things that will have me go :bang head:
I did not take pics about pulling out the engine from the frame and stuff you need to do before getting to the "pull the engine"part...
This thread starts at the point when you unbolt the heads, its easy.. Just follow the Haynes manual, or do it like me, forget the Haynes book at home and just start to unbolt stuff, its not that complicated. The complicated part is bolting everything back together...
One thing has to be said. Unbolting the headbolt nuts is a Motherfu...rrrrr.. Get a good quality 8mm Allen head socket, prefferable a socket ment for power/air tool, this kind of socket wont crack.. and you wont end up messing up the Allen nuts.. Also use a long socketwrench or a long braker bar, to get enought leverage to "shock" the nut open... so, the nuts are tight, take care with this job and use the correct and good tools, this way you wont end up cursing....
..I also dont understand why they didnt use Torx or Splined nuts :ummm:
This is about as far as I got with this project... Ill continue to update this thread as things progress...
Thanks for the interest
/Tom
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